It was allowed to wear a splash on the buttons to commemorate its defence of the Castle of Carrickfergus against the French in 1760, when the ammunition being expended, it used its buttons for bullets.
It was nicknamed “The Springers” from its rapid= pursuit of the Americans in 1777.
The first Regiment numbered the 62nd was raised in 1755, and is now the 60th King’s Royal Rifle Corps.
SIXTY-THIRD FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| 63rd Foot. 1758–1782 63rd West Suffolk. 1782—— | Scarlet, 1758—. | Green, 1758—. | Bunker’s Hill, 1775. Brooklyn, 1776. America, 1775–1781. Nimeguen, 1794. Flanders, 1794–1795. Grenada, 1796. St. Lucia, 1796. Egmont-op-Zee, 1799. | Alkmaer, 1799. Martinique, 1809. Flushing, 1809. Guadaloupe, 1810. Alma, 1854. Inkerman, 1854. Sevastopol, 1855. |
It was formerly the second Battalion of the 8th King’s, raised in 1756.
It is said= to have worn for some years the Badge of the Fleur-de-lis, but no authority can be found for its use.
It was nicknamed “The Bloodsuckers” at one time.
SIXTY-FOURTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| 64th Foot. 1758–1782 64th Second Staffordshire. 1782—— | Scarlet, 1758—. | Black, 1758—. | Lexington, 1775. Bunker’s Hill, 1775. Brooklyn, 1776. Brandywine, 1777. America, 1776–1781. Martinique, 1794. St. Lucia, 1803. Surinam, 1804. | Persia, 1856–1857. Reshire, 1856. Bushire, 1856. Kooshab, 1857. Cawnpore, 1857. Lucknow, 1857. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |